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t’s easy to see why a 6-foot-10 three-year letter winner, two-time regional champion at Mount Carmel High School in Illinois and one of Volleyball Magazine’s Fab 50 prospects for 2014 was of immediate interest to Ball State men’s volleyball coach Joel Walton. Before coming to Ball State, Matt Walsh won a national championship with Club Ultimate and was a member of the 2013 U.S. Boys’ Youth National Volleyball Team. He was also selected to the 21-player roster for the U.S. men’s junior national training team. “Matt was a top prospect. He has been playing in top level competition for quite some time,” Walton said. “For Matt to be on the court against guys who are already professional and to be representing the United States had to be an incredible experience.” Walsh’s competitive nature and sports background began at an early age. Coming from a family of athletes, Walsh’s mother Michele played basketball at Saint Francis, and his father, Matthew, played football at Elmhurst. His sister Megan is also currently playing basketball at Truman. Walsh’s older brother Bobby is playing volleyball for Lewis, the No. 3 team in the nation. The brothers will meet on Feb. 12 in Worthen Arena.

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Gov. Mike Pence is backing down from earlier reports that his administration’s new project Just IN will act as a state-run news service for Indiana. Late on Jan. 26 the Indianapolis Star reported Pence would soon be launching a taxpayer-funded news source that would feature stories written by the government’s press secretaries. The organization would also break news ahead of traditional news outlets, according to documents obtained by the paper. Pence released a press re- MIKE PENCE lease Tuesday afternoon re- Governor of futing the claims that Just IN Indiana would act as a public source for news, saying it is simply a OUR VIEW new “streamlined look,” for the Read what the state’s current press release Daily News calendar available online. Editoral Staff The website will work as a have to say about “one-stop-shop news resource Pence’s “Just IN” website,” Pence said, housing + PAGE 5 press releases from the governor and other state agencies. However, a question-and-answer sheet given to communications directors for state agencies and obtained by the Indianapolis Star reads “Just In, however, will function as a news outlet in its own right for thousands of Hoosiers.”

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Ball State freshman middle attacker Matt Walsh and his older brother Bobby Walsh are two of the best defensively in the MIVA. Matt Walsh’s 40 blocks lead his brother’s 34.

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Sophomore guard Zavier Turner remained out of the starting lineup at the game against Akron. Turner played 21 minutes and scored two points on two shots.

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Freshman middle attacker Matt Walsh comes from a family of athletes. Walsh’s older brother Bobby plays volleyball for Lewis, and the brothers will meet on Feb. 12 in Worthen Arena.

Men’s basketball down to 7-11 following poor defense at Akron ANTHONY LOMBARDI ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR | @Lombardi_Edits Despite seeing his team’s losing streak extended to five games after a 59-47 at Akron Tuesday, Ball State men’s basketball head coach James Whitford sees improvement. “We were invested the right way,” Whitford said. “We competed, we fought, we did the things we can control to the best of our ability.” Whitford expressed disappointment in his team’s full-game effort following Saturday’s double-digit home loss to Kent State, citing poor defense as one reason for the outcome.

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A new Indiana app could prevent students from skipping college classes by alerting parents when they miss. Jeff Whorley, the CEO of Core Principle, has developed Class 120, an app that uses geolocation technology to tell if students are in class to try to raise graduation and retention rates. “[Graduation rates] are a big problem,” Whorley said. “Many students have no degree, but [do have] debt and it’s a problem at a lot of different CONTACT US

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types of schools. I know some college presidents who are really working on improving retention rates and it’s tough, they haven’t been able to move those rates very much.” The app allows students to input their schedule, and the geolocation technologies can tell if the student is in class or not at the time they are supposed to be there. The app is just a tool to track class attendance, however. It doesn’t show parents where students are at any other time. Whorley got the idea for the app from a professor he was talking to who told him the solution was simple: treat all students like he treated Division I athletes. The professor told Whorley that for all the athletes in his class, there was a phone number he had

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• $19.99/month • 1 year class attendance monitoring • 30 day money back guarantee • Live reminder service to call if the athlete hadn’t shown up within the first five minutes. “He said it was a pain, but maybe it happens a time or two if they miss class in the first month, and then they don’t miss class anymore,” Whorley said.

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3. INDIANA TO EXPAND STATE HEALTH COVERAGE INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana has received federal approval to expand health coverage to 350,000 uninsured residents through a state-run program that supporters say increases participant responsibility. Gov. Mike Pence announced Tuesday that the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services had approved the state’s waiver request for the plan his administration calls HIP 2.0. The Family and Social Services Administration will begin taking applications, with coverage starting Feb. 1.

BOSTON (AP) — A howling blizzard with gusts more than 70 mph heaped snow on Boston along with other stretches of New England and Long Island Tuesday, but failed to live up to the hype in Philadelphia and New York City where buses and subways started rolling again in the morning. The storm that arrived in New England on Monday evening was a bitter, paralyzing blast. In the New York metro area, it was a bust that left forecasters apologizing and politicians defending their near-total shutdown on travel. Some residents grumbled, but others sounded a better-safe-than-sorry note and even expressed sympathy for the weatherman. At least 2 feet of snow was expected in most of Massachusetts, potentially making it one of the top snowstorms of all time. The National Weather Service said a 78 mph gust was reported on Nantucket, and a 72 mph wind on Martha’s Vineyard.

The plan builds off the Healthy Indiana Plan that began under former Gov. Mitch Daniels. The initial program currently enrolls some 60,000 low-income Indiana residents. Pence’s plan, which is an alternative to a traditional expansion of Medicaid, creates two levels of coverage. The basic level does not require payments from enrollees, while a second tier of improved coverage is available if enrollees pay a monthly fee ranging from $1 to $25.

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2. ISLAMIC STATE MESSAGE THREATENS HOSTAGES BEIRUT (AP) — An online message purportedly from the Islamic State group warned that on Tuesday a Japanese hostage and Jordanian pilot under extremist captivity have less than “24 hours left to live.” The message again demanded the release of Sajida al-Rishawi, an Iraqi woman sentenced to death in Jordan for involvement in a 2005 terror attack that killed 60 people. It also mentioned for the first time Jordanian

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pilot 1st Lt. Mu’ath al-Kaseasbeh, who is a captive of the Islamic State group, setting a Wednesday afternoon deadline. Tuesday’s video matched a message released over the weekend, though neither bore the logo of the Islamic State group’s al-Furqan media arm. The weekend video showed a still photo of Kenji Goto holding what appears to be a photo of the body of Japanese hostage Haruna Yukawa.

BRZEZINKA, Poland (AP) — A Jewish leader stood before 300 survivors of the Nazis’ most notorious death camp on Tuesday and asked world leaders to prevent another Auschwitz, warning of a rise in anti-Semitism that has made many Jews fearful of walking the streets and caused many to flee Europe. Ronald Lauder, the president of the World Jewish Congress, made his bleak assessment on the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, speaking next

to the gate and railroad tracks that marked the last journey for more than a million people murdered at Auschwitz-Birkenau. “For a time, we thought that the hatred of Jews had finally been eradicated. But slowly the demonization of Jews started to come back,” Lauder said. “Once again, young Jewish boys are afraid to wear yarmulkes on the streets of Paris and Budapest and London. Once again, Jewish businesses are targeted. And once again, Jewish families are fleeing Europe.”

5. APPLE’S RECORD IPHONE SALES DRIVE QUARTER SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple had another blowout quarter thanks to its new plus-sized iPhones, which helped the company smash sales records for the holiday season. Apple said Tuesday that it sold 74.5 million iPhones during the three months, that ended Dec. 31, beating analysts’ expectations for the latest models of Apple’s most popular gadget, introduced in September.

The surge in iPhone sales drove the company’s total revenue to $74.6 billion, up 30 percent from a year earlier. Net income rose 38 percent to $18 billion, as Apple reported earnings of $3.06 a share. Analysts surveyed by FactSet were expecting earnings of $2.60 a share on revenue of $67.39 billion. Apple forecast revenue for the current quarter between $52 and $55 billion.

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| CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Phil Bremen, associate professor of journalism and telecommunications, said while every organization has the right to get their message out, it becomes a problem when the line between news and government propaganda gets blurred. “What I have qualms about is when an agency of government, at taxpayer expense, [publishes] self-glorifying news stories while all the time calling it a ‘news service,’” he said. Bremen has worked on both sides of the press release line, both as a reporter and as a press secretary for Indiana Gov. Frank O’Bannon during his first term. He said when he published a press release

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he expected to get calls from journalists looking to follow up on the release, not printing them whole-cloth as is one target of Just IN, according to the Indianapolis Star. “[The] News release was the starting point, not the end,” Bremen said. Newspapers across the state are already cutting down on reporters that cover state government, which limits the press’s function as a watchdog for government corruption and overreach he said, and Pence’s new program doesn’t help the issue. Pence himself expressed the importance of the watchdog function of the press when he submitted the Free Flow of Information Act to congress in 2007. “As a conservative who believes in limited government,

project is nothing new in public relations circles, he said. What is different with Pence’s proposal, Taylor said, is how “up-front” the administration is being about the intent for newspapers to publish Just IN’s stories without additional reporting. “It struck me as a little odd to present it that way because it raises questions,” he said. The website is set to launch in the coming weeks using at least $100,000 of Hoosier taxpayer money, according to the Indianapolis Star, which Bremen said raises questions about the administration’s concerns. “Even if it’s only $100,000, that still fills a lot of potholes,” he said, “Or how many teacher’s salaries [could that pay]? It really is a question of priorities.”

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The chart below shows how much money full-time in-state students lose when they skip class at Ball State.

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| CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Class attendance is the best predictor of how students will do in a class, more than their high school GPA, ACT score, SAT score or how much students study, according to a study done by the American Educational Research Association. Mandatory attendance policies seem to have a positive impact on grades. Core Principle has geomapped 2,000 campuses to put the technology needed for the app on campus, including Ball State’s. Whorley said there were some universities using the app for themselves to try to improve student performance. “What they have discovered is that when students get in a spiral of dropping out, most institutions have no means of knowing that,” he said. “They’re putting Class 120 in so they can see if young Jeff has missed three days in a row. Most institutions figured out after two or three weeks when they’re in a spiral. When we talked to dropouts, they said they ended their career in two or three days.”

I think the only check on government power in real-time is a free and independent press,” he said Associate professor of political science Charles Taylor, who teaches classes in administration organization and management, was less critical of the site, saying the website is just “old wine in new bottles.” “When I teach public managers about putting out press releases I tell them they are supposed to be written in the form of a news article,” he said. “The ideal situation is that a lazy reporter publishes the news release as it is.” Taylor said Just IN likely won’t change the way press releases are written or their intent. Even Pence’s hiring of a former Indianapolis Star reporter, Bill McCleery, to head the

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Class120 is an app that was developed by Jeff Whorley, the CEO of Core Principle. The app uses geolocation technology to tell if students are in class.

Dan Boylan, a finance instructor at Ball State, takes attendance for all of his classes by sending around a sign-in sheet. On top of that, he does in-class activities so he can compare if students had a friend sign in for them. “Students are relying on reading the PowerPoints and thinking that’s the class,” Boylan said. “So to me, you’ve got to be in class because that’s where the meat of your instruction is going to be.” He said from his experience, class attendance pushes stu-

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dents’ grades up. “It’s mostly the little things, like deadlines and schedule changes, where if you don’t show up you just won’t know about them,” he said. “You should rely on your teacher and not your friend for due dates.” He said given the option between going to class and staying home, most people would choose not to go to class. Maya Burrell, a freshman fashion merchandising major, said she would not use

the app. “I don’t want my mom to be able to see if I’m going to my classes or not,” Burell said. But Dagny Zupin, a freshman public relations major, said the app sounds like something her parents would make her use. “They would say ‘if we’re paying all this money, I want you to go to class,’” Zupin said. “I think it’s smart, because people are more tempted to skip class when they’re not living with their parents and they don’t know.”

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Campus Maps is an app to help students find their way across campus. The app is not just for Ball State and has options for other college campuses throughout the country.

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An app to help students find their way across campus recently became available at Ball State, giving students the option for a potentially faster navigation app. Vikram Bhandari, a student from the University of Maryland, created Campus Maps to help find easy ways to get across campus using GPS technology. The app has spread to 100 university campuses and most recently to Ball State. Currently another Ball State app named BConnected gives access to a map of campus and shows bus locations, dining facilities and parking. Campus Maps does not include those features and is solely for navigating on campus. “It loads the map off screen, so while you’re finding your destination, it will take your GPS and load the area around you,” Bhandari said. “There’s a very good chance there’s no loading of the map, it will just happen.” Bhandari is most proud of the one-tap navigation and quick response time that he said is the most important aspect of the application. Ball State did not request to be added to the list of universities to use the application; however, Campus Maps took the initiative to include Ball State. Stuart Sipahigil, senior strategist for Enterprise User Engagement in the Information Technology department, says the BConnected app is more robust than Campus Maps.

“If speed is the answer for you, [Campus Maps] may be a little bit faster, but I think it doesn’t give you as much information,” Sipahigil said. “So if you need more information, if you aren’t familiar with campus and you know the buildings, and you want a list of where to turn, I think people would prefer the in-house app.” It takes an average seven seconds of load time getting to one point with one-tap navigation. However, with Campus Maps, the layout will automatically be shown on the screen, making it easier for those on the go, Bhandari said. “I think a lot of students struggle with finding their way around especially when they’re freshman,” said junior organizational communication major, Austin Acel. “This is a great resource for students to have and I hope the university continues programs like this that can improve student life.” Campus Maps is designed specifically for walking directions, as a majority of users are students. The map will automatically zoom in to the desired destination, drawing a colored path of where the user will need to walk. “I just remember being lost, and I don’t want someone to go through that,” said Bhandari. Campus Maps does not charge the schools it offers the service to. Big schools such as Pennsylvania State have approached Bhandari offering a deal, but he said he is not interested in making money at this point. “I was just a guy building an app to find my classes,” Bhandari said.

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After competing with some of the best teams in the MidAmerican Conference for the first seven games of league play, the Ball State women’s basketball team will battle with the last-place team in each division this week. The Cardinals, currently 5-2 in MAC play and leaders of the West Division, will take on the Miami Redhawks (0-7 MAC) and Northern Illinois Huskies (2-4 MAC). Despite the difference in records, junior guard Candyce Ussery says the Cardinals must focus on the task at hand. “We don’t try to underestimate [any] teams,” she said. “We just follow how they play and not the result.” The bench will likely play a key role if Ball State is to improve to 7-2 in the conference. The Cardinals scored 27 bench points in their last win over Akron while holding the Zips to zero. The last time Ball State played Miami on Jan. 7, nine players scored in a 72-41 rout. “We need [Monaco] to produce like she is and [Bennett] to come in and be able to call the plays for somebody that is damn near a foot taller than

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The Cardinals, currently 5-2 in MAC play and leaders of the West Division, will take on the Miami Redhawks (0-7 MAC) and the Northern Illinois Huskie (2-4 MAC). Junior guard Candyce Ussery says the Cardinals must focus on the task at hand despite the difference in records.

who she is playing against,” head coach Brady Sallee said. While another strong performance is to be expected by Sallee, the Cardinals have

not traveled well this season with an overall record of 2-6 on the road. If the Cardinals are to beat Miami for the second time,

they will need to get physical defensively like the first meeting. Ball State forced 31 turnovers while allowing 19 points in the second half.

The Redhawks struggle against pressure defenses, as they are last in the MAC in turnover margin at -5.67. “It’s never the same style,”

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Ussery said. “So we always have to prepare for something different.” Ball State’s second game of the week will be against Northern Illinois at Worthen Arena. This will be the first time the two teams have met this season, with a rematch scheduled less than a month afterwards. The Huskies are currently last in the conference in scoring, averaging 52.9 points per contest. On the other hand however, they allow just 54.8 points per game, which leads the MAC. Sallee said Ball State must play tougher than it did in its most recent loss to Ohio, where they were outplayed in all phases of the game. With 11 games remaining overall, the Cardinals are looking to build on their MAC West Division lead and string together some wins. “We try to always play for ourselves and get better as a team,” Ussery said. The Cardinals’ game against the Redhawks will be at 7 p.m. on Jan. 28. They will host the Huskies at 2 p.m. on Jan. 31.

| CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 The Walsh brothers are two of the best defensively in the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association, as Walsh’s 40 total blocks lead his brother’s 34. “I’m higher in everything but digs, so I’m kind of rubbing it in his face because he always said ‘[the] older brother always wins,’” Matt said. In his second week of collegiate action, Matt claimed the MIVA Defensive Player of the Week award as well as being named National Freshman of the Week by Off the Block. Matt was once again named MIVA Defensive Player of the week for the week ending Jan. 25, marking the second time he won the award in three weeks of college play. “They don’t give that award to a freshman; if the numbers were close he probably wouldn’t get it,” Walton said, “His numbers have separated him so far from everyone else, there was really no other choice.” Matt is one of three Cardinals who have played all 22 sets this season. Offensively, he sits on 32 kills to go with a .537 attack percentage and 7 aces, putting him in second on Ball State in each of those statistical categories. Defense is where he really separates himself from the pack, leading the nation in blocks per set average at 1.82. In the team’s match against Sacred Heart on Jan. 24, Matt put up 14 total blocks, a Ball

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Freshman middle attacker Matt Walsh leads the nation in blocks per set average at 1.82. As a team, the Cardinals lead the nation in blocks per set average.

State record for blocks in a three-set match and ties the record for blocks in five sets. Ball State currently leads the nation as a team in blocks per set average due in part to

half, but Akron went on a 9-0 run, reclaiming a lead it wouldn’t relinquish. The Zips shot 41.8 per| CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 cent for the game, includBall State responded early ing shooting 50 percent in against Akron, jumping out the second half. The Cardito an 18-10 lead 12 minutes nals shot 37.5 percent from into the game. The zips an- the field and missed seven of their 12 swered, closing free throw atthe first half on tempts. a 14-6 run and We’re not going “If we shoot tying the score to win [every game], the ball better at halftime. today, make Making his but we got to make some free second conthrows, it’s gosecutive start sure we compete ing to be a one for the injured and show up every or two posMatt Kamiesession game,” niecki, junior single time. Whitford said. Bo Calhoun “Akron is the scored 10 first- JAMES WHITFORD, and half points and Men’s basketball head coach biggest most physical finished with a team in [the Mid-American team-high 14. Ball State scored the first Conference].” Without Kamieniecki, Ball four points of the second

Matt’s efforts. “I knew that because [Matt Leske] had graduated last year I had huge shoes to fill, and I’m just glad I’ve been playing well enough to fill

TEAM COMPARISON STATS

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State’s leading rebounder, Akron held a 37-32 advantage on the glass. Calhoun led Ball State with 12 rebounds, while sophomore Franko House added six. The Zips also outscored the Cardinals in the post 28-22. Cardinals’ point guard Zavier Turner remained out of the starting lineup, playing 21 minutes and scoring two points on two shot attempts. In the two games since his DNP coach’s decision against Ohio, Turner has averaged 22.5 minutes per game, 12 less than his season average. With players having to

them,” Matt said. Walton looks for his young middle attacker to continue to improve and lead the No. 14 Cardinals as the season continues. “As good as he’s done so far,

play extended minutes to compensate for injury and rotation changes, Whitford thought fatigue played a factor against Akron. “As we fatigued, I thought we started making more mistakes,” Whitford, whose team fell to 7-11 on the season, said. “We’re missing obviously [Kamieniecki], but it is what it is.” Ball State will look to snap its losing streak Jan. 31 at Miami. With a 2-5 MAC record, the Cardinals have an uphill climb if they are to challenge for a top seed in the conference tournament. For now, effort for a full 40 minutes will do. “We’re not going to win [every game],” Whitford said. “But we got to make sure we compete and show up every single time.”

we think he has a lot more potential once he becomes more disciplined with how he moves and more efficient in how he takes his steps,” Walton said.

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SEVEN PLAYERS WIN ACADEMIC AWARD Seven Ball State football players were named to the 2014 Academic All-Mid-American Conference team Tuesday. The Academic All-MAC team is to honor excellence in both academics and athletics. A player must have at least a 3.20 cumulative grade point average and have participated in at least 50 percent of their team’s games for the sport. JACOB RICHARD Senior center Jacob Richard has received the A senior center award for the third time in his career, being one on the Ball of just seven MAC football student-athletes to State Cardinal’s achieve the honor. Richard carries a 3.619 GPA football team. as a marketing major. Nick Miles was the only other senior on the team to receive Academic All-MAC honors with 3.246 GPA. Juniors on the team include Steven Bell (3.383 GPA), Sam Brunner (3.503 GPA), Drake Miller (3.397 GPA) and Darnell Smith (3.371 GPA). Vinnie Palazeti was the lone sophomore Ball State representative, carrying a 3.333 GPA. – STAFF REPORTS

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AT ISSUE: OUR VIEW Critics take Journalists and citizens alike to social took to social media to protest Gov. Mike Pence’s latest idea: media after Just IN, a state-run news service Gov. Pence focusing on news releases and stories. announces feature A parody Twitter account, tweeted, “To state-run @Just_IN_News, those asking for a comment, you’re news too late. We already interviewed ourselves and wrote a story.” But service that account is not the only one

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tweeting about the news service; the #JustIN hashtag is gaining a lot of traffic as well. Though Pence tried to downplay his news service as a resource, the damage has already been done. But people may be reacting too quickly. We know very little information at the moment, so Just IN could turn out to be a more streamlined press release system,

paid for by Indiana’s taxpayers. It may be too soon to tell what effect Just IN will have, but there are many reasons why journalists and news consumers should be concerned going forward. Including an editorial board implies that the news outlet will have a deeper purpose than press release distribution. It would have made more sense for Pence to issue a reorganization of the press release creation, rather than creating an entire outlet that competes with independent media. That matters to journalists. What matters to the everyday news consumer is that a state-run news service is the very definition of conflict of interest. How can readers trust a source that reports on itself? Rather than performing the service of an informative news

outlet, Just IN has potential to turn into a source of propaganda. The First Amendment proclaims the rights of freedom of the press, and in many ways, “Just IN” could infringe on those rights. According to a question-andanswer sheet distributed to the communications directors for state agencies, “Just IN will break news — publishing information ahead of any other news outlet. Strategies for determining how and when to give priority to such ‘exclusive’ coverage remain under discussion.” If this news service has potential to break news and give exclusive articles to certain media outlets, it is inherently disadvantageous to independent media. State-run news services exist all around the world. The most no-

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table of these are PressTV from Iran and Xinhua from China. These essentially serve as propaganda machines for their governments. By no means are we saying Pence’s state-run news service is Press TV. But the conflict of interest crosses a significant line in the news presented to Indiana’s citizens, especially when those citizens are paying for potentially biased content through taxes. No matter your opinion on liberal media or the mainstream bias of news, removing “watchdog” from the job description of journalists degrades integrity of the stories readers consume every day. Now more than ever, it is essential that readers think critically about the information they receive and who that information is coming from.

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Junior telecommunications and sales promotions major Kenneth Rush DJed at the Ball State basketball games from the beginning of November 2014 to the start of December 2014. Rush gave up the gig before the beginning of the semester, citing “business differences.”

Basketball teams miss melody, energy of game day mixer MILLER KERN STAFF REPORTER | mskern@bsu.edu His carefully selected mixes still play during warm-ups and the basketball band fills in the time that used to be occupied by his beats, but Ball State basketball players still miss the presence of DJ Kenneth Rush. “Having the DJ at the games changed the entire atmosphere of Worthen,” said Nathalie Fontaine, a player on the women’s basketball team and a junior psychology major. “The crowd seemed more involved and the players seemed more hyped hearing the different mixes he was playing.” Rush, a junior telecommunications and sales promotions major, only DJed from the beginning of November 2014 to the start of December 2014. Rush still receives messages from Fontaine saying how the teams miss his music. Rush gave up his basketball gig before the beginning of this semester, citing “business differences.” Both he and Shawn Sullivan, the director of marketing and promotions for Ball State athletics, said

they remain on good terms. He felt that his music especially moved players like Fontaine and Jeremie Tyler, a freshman sports administration major. “He brings a lot to the table,” said Tyler. “He puts some new school and music from a little back, but more in our generation and our players like that kind of stuff.” It was making an impact that attracted Rush to the glossy floors and towering ceilings of Worthen Arena. Rush wanted to bring a new sound to Ball State’s campus, one that blended many music styles together. He took it upon himself to approach the basketball team. “This campus is like the playground,” said Rush. “You gotta utilize the campus to benefit you. That’s what college is all about. Look at all these buildings around here. I see the buildings as being boxes. If I just stay in one building all day and that’s all I know, I’m in a box.” While Rush planned, Shawn Sullivan, the director of marketing and promotions for Ball State athletics, considered the possibility of completing a test run with a DJ to provide a different experience at the games. “We try to utilize students’

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talents,” said Sullivan. “We try to enhance the game experience and Kenneth was a part of that. He was terrific.” Soon after their meeting, Rush hauled his turntables into Worthen. “In my time here, we have not had a DJ,” said Brady Sallee, a third year faculty member and the women’s basketball head coach. “It’s definitely been a good mix of entertainment…” At the games, Rush wanted to focus on the athletes and give them something that would boost their energy and get them ready to play. He believes his music “can make people perform better.” Rush would take requests from the players each day and add his own twist to the music. He still admits to being starstruck when players like Fontaine complimented him. During games, Rush had to be conscious of everything going on around him. He learned to split his time with the band, the cheerleaders and the dancers. Rush also had to be aware of his audience. The wide variety of races and ages at each basketball game brought the challenge of creating a mix that would appeal to everyone in attendance. While the squeaks of Nikes

no longer match the beat of Rush’s live performances, Rush acknowledges the skills he gained and the relationships he formed during his time as Ball State’s only basketball DJ. “This adventure was a learning curve for me as a DJ,” Rush said. “I really appreciate the experience because I feel it helped further my career in a sense of maturity and really being able to diversify myself.”

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